Velachery (Tamil: வேளச்சேரி), originally known as Vedasreni meaning Abode of Vedas, is a residential area in South Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. The growth of Velachery during the last decade can be cited due to the growth of the IT sector in south Chennai. It acts as an important hub connecting the rapidly growing business class Information Technology corridor popularly called OMR; the more mature and well connected GST road and the Central Business Districts of the city, which has more relevance to the history of Chennai. Velachery as a whole draws a perfect balance between Old and New Chennai and is a phenomenon in terms of growth. The infrastructure of Velachery is a reflection of the lessons learnt from old chennai and a glimpse of new Chennai.
The rapid growth of Velachery as a commercial and residential hub, could be attributed to its geographical advantage in terms of the connectivity to other parts of the city.
- The Velachery main road on the south, connects the fastest growing suburbs of south Chennai and Mount Road (Anna Salai) at Guindy via Velachery. A section of this road connects Guindy and Velachery and is home to some of the oldest localities.
- The 100 ft Bye-pass road connects Guindy on the north west.
- The Taramani link road on the north east connects Velachery with Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR).
- The Jawaharlal Nehru Salai also called the 100 ft road or Inner Ring Road passes along the MRTS line and connects near the airport the GST road, an arterial road in Chennai.
- The Taramani Link Road in Velachery also connects to MGR Salai, an arterial road that connects to OMR.
- Velachery is comes under the Taluk of Mambalam-Guindy in Chennai District
A report by Cushman & Wakefield has projected this locality to be one among the Main Street retail hubs in the city.
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